Allan Building is located at the end of Main Drive on top of Foxleigh Hill. It houses a core of the Upper School academic classes (histories, maths, and sciences), art classrooms, the Headmaster's and administrators' offices, the Upper School's Kiplinger Library, the School Store, and the Eagle Café. Allan Building is easily recognized by its clock tower cupola which can be seen from many points on campus. Allan Building is named in memory of Colonel William Allan, McDonogh's founding principal from 1873 until his death in 1889. The building, as it stands today, was built in 1929 after the school's main building was destroyed by fire in 1928.